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Wednesday1st Apr 2026
News 'No Mode Is Properly Optimised on Base PS5': Crimson Desert's Console Performance a 'Mixed Bag'
Crimson Desertification
Crimson Desert is an incredibly ambitious video game, and one that deserves praise for its attempts to push open world design to impressive limits. However, as we stressed in our Crimson Desert PS5 review, the title suffers from a range of performance woes on PS5 and PS5 Pro. For many players, these problems won't threaten...
- Pearl Abyss
- PS5
- Crimson Desert
News CD Projekt Red Puts Impressive Effort into Witcher 3 April Fools Joke
Introducing Project R.O.A.C.H.
There are always varying qualities of April Fool's jokes on display each year, and what CD Projekt Red has done this time around certainly lands on the premium end. It's pitching a horse-based controller add-on that ensures Roach always sticks to the road when you're riding her in The Witcher 3. It's codenamed Project...
- CD Projekt Red
- The Witcher
News PS5 Prices Jump Tomorrow, This Is Your Last Chance to Get a Deal Before the Increase
This is your last chance
Beginning tomorrow, 2nd April, Sony will be making the PS5 more expensive across the board. In a generation filled with price hikes, these are some of the biggest increases we’ve seen to the console to date. This is basically your last opportunity to get the system at a reasonable fee. Here’s how the prices will...
- Sony
- PS5
- Deals
News Bring Down a Ring of Gold Diggers in PS5, PS4's Most Controversial Game Yet
Hope there's a happy ending
If you want to play the controversial Chinese FMV game Revenge on Gold Diggers, then we’d recommend you buy it right away before Sony gets cold feet and removes it from the PS Store. It’s available now for $14.99/£11.99 for both the PS5 and PS4. This live action effort went viral after topping PC sales charts last...
- NiuGamer
- PS5
- PS4
- Revenge on Gold Diggers
News MindsEye Going Off the Deep End with In-Game Mission Revealing 'Evidence' of 'Sabotage'
Mind how you go
Build a Rocket Boy, the team behind the poorly received action game MindsEye, has said it intends to introduce a new mission that contains evidence supporting claims it was sabotaged. This comes from CEO Mark Gerhard, who has mentioned on more than one occasion his belief that internal and external bad actors were the lead cause...
- Build a Rocket Boy
- PS5
- MindsEye
News Forgotten PSP Strategy Spin-Off Gets Expanded PS5, PS4 Revival This June
Good move
Did you ever play R-Type Tactics on the PSP? It offered a neat twist on the legendary franchise, transforming the series’ tried and trusted shmup gameplay into a kind of strategy experience. The first game launched globally, but its successor was only ever available in Japan. In this PS5 compilation, the frustratingly formatted R-Type...
- NIS America
- PS5
- PS4
- R-Type
- Release Dates
News Capcom Embraces 'Pragmata Is Secretly Mega Man' Conspiracy with Brilliant April Fool Gag
Hugh've got to laugh
Capcom might have just delivered the ideal April Fool's Day joke to fans of the upcoming sci-fi shooter, Pragmata. For a long time now, there's been a pretty wild theory that the game is only masquerading as a new IP, and is actually a Mega Man game. Fans have been pointing to various signs that this is the case, mostly...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Pragmata
- Mega Man
News Bethesda Shares Starfield Free Lanes Deep Dive, Included in PS5 Version
Part of PS5 base game on 7th April
Bethesda has uploaded a new deep dive video into the Free Lanes content update that is included in the base version of Starfield when it launches for PS5 on 7th April 2026. The new content is mainly designed to flesh out the space exploration side of the RPG, allowing you to fly from planet to planet and adding an...
- Bethesda
- PS5
- Starfield
- Trailers
News Remember When Call of Duty Said Its New Skins Would Be Sensible? Well, Here's Dave Chappelle
So much for that promise then
"In Black Ops 7, bundles and items will be crafted to fit the Black Ops identity. We hear the feedback. We need to deliver a better balance toward the immersive, core Call of Duty experience," a Call of Duty blog post explained in the lead-up to launch. Now, less than five months after release, the controversial...
- Activision
- PS5
- PS4
- Call of Duty
Welcome to shell
Mortal Shell 2 has just thrown out a hefty gameplay trailer which shows off all kinds of stuff. Much of the video is made up of uncut footage, and it clocks in at just under 12 minutes in length. Well worth skimming at the very least, if you're interested in this Soulslike sequel. Mortal Shell 2 is currently on track for a vague...
- Playstack
- PS5
- Mortal Shell
- Trailers
News Stellar Blade Dev Acquires Shinji Mikami's New Studio, Will Publish Its Games
Unbound now under Shift Up's wing
Following yesterday's tease, it has been confirmed that Stellar Blade developer Shift Up has acquired Unbound, the new studio set up by horror veteran Shinji Mikami. Games from Unbound will now be published by Shift Up, and the team is already hard at work on its first project for consoles and PC. The vision for...
- Shift Up
- Unbound
- Industry
Rumour Deus Ex Dev Spent Hundreds of Millions on an Open World Action Game Before Mass Layoffs Hit
And it was basically finished
As expected, more information on the latest layoffs at Eidos Montreal is starting to surface, which includes details on just what the developer had in the oven before disaster struck. According to a report from Insider Gaming, the Canadian studio had spent over seven years on a massive project that was only recently...
- Eidos Montreal
- Industry
Can't argue with that
Pearl Abyss really has a huge hit on its hands. Despite somewhat mixed reviews and many aspects that have divided opinion, Crimson Desert has now sold 4 million copies. It reaches that impressive milestone in a little under two weeks following its launch on 19th March 2026. As mentioned, Crimson Desert hasn't won over...
- Pearl Abyss
- PS5
- Crimson Desert
- Sales
News No More Delays for PS5 Exclusive Saros as It Goes Gold Ahead of Launch Later This Month
Golden child
Housemarque has announced that it's upcoming shooter, Saros, has gone gold. A game "going gold" essentially means work on the 1.0 version is complete, and that it's ready to roll when launch day comes. That day for Saros is 30th April 2026, and we imagine these last few weeks will be spent squashing pesky bugs for a day one patch...
- Sony
- PS5
- Saros
News Another Always Online, Live Service PS5 Gacha Is Getting a Deluxe Physical Release
Put it on your shelf
It’s so interesting how all these always online, live service games are suddenly getting retail releases. A few years ago, Honkai Star Rail launched on Blu-ray for the PS5, and since Zenless Zone Zero has announced similar plans. Now we have confirmation that Wuthering Waves will follow the same path, with its
- Kuro Games
- PS5
- Wuthering Waves
News Classic SEGA Series Sakura Wars Turns 30 This Year, Sparking Hope for a New Game
Just in time for the cherry blossom
SEGA has acknowledged that come September, Sakura Wars will celebrate its 30th anniversary. Granted, this classic series has never quite found its footing outside of Japan, but it's a property that many believe SEGA could, and should, pay a little more attention to. You may remember 2020's Sakura Wars on PS4 —...
- SEGA
- Sakura Wars
Tuesday31st Mar 2026
News It's Official: Sony Spins Off Iconic Television Business
Joint venture with TCL now confirmed
Sony is historically best known for its consumer electronics, but truth be told it’s been an entertainment organisation for years now. PlayStation, along with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment, has spearheaded its transformation – and recently it’s talked at length about how it aims...
- Sony
- TV
- Business
- Industry
News Re-Releases Go Too Far with New PS5 Version of Darksiders 1
Out for PS5 on 19th May
Apparently, enough of you have been asking for a PS5 version of Darksiders: Warmastered Edition, which in itself was a PS4 remaster of PS3 action game Darksiders. The current-gen edition of the title was revealed today, and it launches on 19th May 2026. We're sure the dozens of you who asked for this are celebrating right...
- THQ Nordic
- PS5
- Darksiders
- Release Dates
Review South of Midnight (PS5) - The Most Beautiful Simple Game
Into the Deep South
South of Midnight is the kind of game Microsoft would have had to consistently publish to make its Xbox Game Pass subscription truly succeed. This is a relatively straightforward 12-hour adventure with little in the way of gameplay innovation, yet it ships with such stunning presentation and design that you feel compelled to...
- Reviews
- Xbox Game Studios
- PS5
- South of Midnight
Opinion Does Starfield Suck? People Keep Telling Me to Skip Its PS5 Release
Reach for the stars
Starfield finally comes to PS5 in exactly one week from now, and I'll admit, I really want to give it a try. But apparently, that's a terrible idea. Over the last couple of weeks, as the launch has crept closer, I've been telling people — friends, mostly, not just randoms out on the street — that I'm actually quite looking...
- Bethesda
- PS5
- Starfield
- Opinions
- Polls
Review Marvel MaXimum Collection (PS5) - A Retro Comic Book Beat-'Em-Up Bonanza
Welcome to die
Retro compilations have become quite commonplace this generation, but Marvel MaXimum Collection is one you should be paying attention to. While it would be all-too easy to lament the lack of SEGA’s superhero games here – like its System 32 Spider-Man effort or the home console adventure Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin – publisher...
- Reviews
- Limited Run Games
- PS5
- Marvel MaXimum Collection
News Here's Another Major PS5, PS4 Game Getting Delisted Soon
Rec Room goes offline on 1st June
The PS5, PS4 social game Rec Room has joined the list of titles about to be delisted from the PS Store, as confirmed by developer Against Gravity. The game will go offline on 1st June 2026, at which point Rec Room will be rendered unplayable, and the online servers turned off. The studio will slowly take steps to...
- Against Gravity
- PS5
- PS4
- Rec Room
News PlayStation Studios' Mobile Push Seems Dead as Layoff Reports Continue
Phone it in
Reports of layoffs at PlayStation are doing the rounds again, with the suggestion being that Sony's push into the mobile gaming space is on the verge of collapse. Last week, news broke that PlayStation Studios was shuttering Dark Outlaw Games, before the outfit had even shipped its first title. However, news of additional layoffs —...
- Sony
- Industry
News As PSVR2 Dies a Slow Death, One of Its Best Devs Confirms Mass Layoffs
Polyarc loses staff amid funding troubles
Polyarc, the developer behind two of the best adventure games available on PSVR and PSVR2, has confirmed its had to significantly downsize after failing to secure funding following a project cancellation. The studio made a name for itself with VR games Moss and the sequel, Moss: Book II. Both titles...
- Polyarc
- Industry
Rumour Final Fantasy 9 PS5 Remake Development Is 'On Ice' Right Now
Square Enix casts Blizzara
The long-rumoured remake of fan-favourite RPG Final Fantasy 9 is currently "on ice", according to a well-known leaker. NateTheHate, speaking on the latest episode of his podcast, reveals what he claims to know about Square Enix's still-unannounced project. "The last update I had on it is that the game is still on ice,"...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- Final Fantasy
- Rumours
Rumour Mass Eidos Montreal Layoffs Caused by Cancellation of Key Project 'Years' in the Making
Deus Ex in absentia
Longstanding developer Eidos Montreal has confirmed that it's cutting 124 jobs, and has parted ways with veteran studio head David Anfossi. As you may have noticed, the games industry is in a spiralling state right now; layoffs are commonplace as budgets soar, sales struggle to meet expectations, and surrounding technology costs...
- Eidos Montreal
- Industry
News 'A Significant Visual Boost': Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Soon Support PSSR 2 on PS5 Pro
Sharpened
If you're the owner of a PS5 Pro (well done for getting it before the price hike), you'll soon have another major game that supports its recently upgraded PSSR tech. Known by most as PSSR 2, Sony updated the AI upscaling technology on PS5 Pro, and it makes a pretty substantial difference that brings it in line with similar tools found on...
- Ubisoft
- PS5
- Assassins Creed
- Updates
News Iconic Devs Say the Industry Feels 'Crashier' Now Than the Actual Video Game Crash of the 80s
The Romeros reflect on industry troubles
John and Brenda Romero, best known for their work on DOOM and Wizardry respectively, have passed comment on the current state of the game industry. In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, the couple — who founded Romero Games about 10 years ago — speak about the current difficulties the medium is facing,...
- Romero Games
- PS5
- Industry
News Persona 6 Reveal Rumours Return, and Mega Xbox Showcase Is the Catalyst
Everyone forgets P4R
With Xbox announcing a big showcase for the summer, it hasn't taken long for the Persona 6 rumours to kick into gear (again). This is, of course, the inevitable Atlus RPG that we've all been waiting on for years; it's actually mad to think that the original Persona 5 first released close to a full decade ago. But the Japanese...
- SEGA
- Atlus
- Xbox
- Persona
News PS6 Could Cut Costs with Just 1TB Storage, But Games May Have Smaller File Sizes Than Before
Don't expect a disc drive in the box either
Further speculation about the PS6 has been shared by notorious NeoGAF snoop KeplerL2, who’s hinted Sony may try to shave off costs by shipping the system with “just” 1TB of storage space and no disc drive. It could offer a bundle with the latter included, like it does with the current PS5. The...
- Sony
- PS6
News New Lord of the Rings Game Comes from Tomb Raider Dev, It's Claimed
Crystal Dynamics at the helm
Tomb Raider outfit Crystal Dynamics is reportedly leading the development of an all-new video game set in The Lord of the Rings universe. First reported on last year, the new game from the Embracer Group is apparently being pitched as a Hogwarts Legacy competitor.
- Embracer Group
- The Lord of the Rings
- Rumours
News Disco Elysium's Controversial Successor Commits to 2026 Release on PS5
Out on PC in May
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies now has a confirmed release date. At least, on PC, where it launches on the 21st May. However, alongside that date, developer ZA/UM has reiterated that the RPG is still on track for a 2026 release on PS5 — it's just going to land a bit later in the year. In case you haven't been keeping up with Zero...
- ZAUM
- PS5
- Zero Parades
- Trailers
News Capcom's Promising New PS5 IP Pragmata Ready to Release
Pragmata goes gold ahead of 17th April
Capcom has today confirmed that Pragmata, its upcoming new IP, has now gone gold ahead of its PS5 release in April. This means work on the base 1.0 version of the game is complete and can be pressed to physical discs, while Capcom presumably prepares a day one patch. The game's out on 17th April 2026 for PS5,...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Pragmata
News Wait, Is Capcom Icon Shinji Mikami Partnering with Stellar Blade Dev?
"There are some calls that need to be answered"
Earlier today, Stellar Blade dev Shift Up created a new company social media account and immediately posted a message: “There are some calls that need to be answered.” The caption was attached to a video of CEO Kim Hyung-Tae dramatically answering a phone call. It ends with a black screen and the...
- Shift Up
- Unbound Games
- Industry
Rumour Anticipated PS5 Sequel Lords of the Fallen 2 Locked for August Release
Lords have mercy
A 2026 release window has been attached to Lords of the Fallen 2 since the game's initial reveal last year, but now, we may have been handed something a little more precise. The action RPG is apparently targeting an August launch. That's according to the game's lead systems designer, who, on his own website, stated that the title...
- CI Games
- PS5
- Lords of the Fallen
- Rumours
News Bus Simulator's Original Devs Bounce Back with Rebranded Bus Bound on PS5
Bustin'
The original creators of Bus Simulator, the Austrian outfit Stillalive Studios, will prove they’re, well, still alive with the release of Bus Bound on the PS5 this 30th April. The game, which will retail for a budget $29.99/£24.99, promises an “all-new driving-focused experience set in the evolving city of Emberville”. We played...
- Saber Interactive
- PS5
- Bus Bound
- Release Dates
News Almost 40 Years After the Original, Toaplan's Truxton Will Be Revived on PS5
Yuge woah
Truxton first released in arcades in 1988, a month after this author was born. While there was a sequel in 1992, the upcoming Truxton Extreme will mark the first new entry in the franchise in decades. The good news: it’s coming out on 30th July for the PS5. Digital copies will be available from the PS Store starting at $24.99, while...
- Clear River Games
- PS5
- Truxton Extreme
- Release Dates
News GACHIAKUTA's PS5 Game Looks a Lot More Zenless Zone Zero Than Your Average Anime Fighter
Rock, paper, scissors
What madness is this?! An anime adaptation that’s not an arena fighter?! That can’t be… COM2US has showcased the first footage of its upcoming GACHIAKUTA adaptation, which is coming to the PS5 on an unannounced date in the future. And the footage reveals a character action experience more akin to Zenless Zone Zero than...
- COM2US
- PS5
- GACHIAKUTA
- Trailers
News Soak Up the Mysterious Atmosphere in Another Tiny Saros PS5 Gameplay Video
What's going on with Carcosa?
Each time developer Housemarque puts out a brief little gameplay snippet of Saros, it has us more eager to hop into the roguelite third-person shooter. The studio has just done it again, and this time, the video focuses on a specific environment that has an eerie atmosphere: Based on the video's title, it seems this...
- Sony
- PS5
- Saros
News We'll Hear from PlayStation Royalty Ken Kutaragi at a UK Event Later This Year
The father of PlayStation speaks
It's been announced that Ken Kutaragi, nicknamed the "father of PlayStation", will be a keynote speaker at the UK's Game Republic New Horizons event later this year. Taking place in October, he will be joined onstage by Chris Dring of The Game Business in an interview about his career. There will be a meet-and-greet...
- Sony
- Ken Kutaragi
- Industry
News As Sonic's 35th Anniversary Approaches, Voice Actor Teases 'Exciting Stuff' Is Coming
Roger Craig Smith talks IGN Live
Sonic the Hedgehog will turn 35 in June, and SEGA has already been celebrating the milestone anniversary in a few fun ways, but it sounds like there's plenty more to come. In an interview with Variety, Roger Craig Smith, the voice of Sonic in the games (and beyond) for many years, reveals he will be part of IGN Live...
- SEGA
- PS5
- Sonic the Hedgehog
Monday30th Mar 2026
News Second PS Plus Essential Game for April 2026 Leaks Ahead of This Week's Announcement
Lords and swords
Ahead of the official announcement, a game from April 2026's PS Plus Essential lineup has been leaked. As per usual, the leak comes from the incredibly reliable Dealabs, who claim that Lords of the Fallen — the second Lords of the Fallen, not the first one with the bearded guy on the cover — will headline April's selection.
- PS Plus
- PS5
- Leaks
News Full List of PS Plus Extra Game Removals for April 2026 Confirmed
All departing on 21st April
A total of six PS5 and PS4 games will be taken off PS Plus Extra next month, as the membership's Last Chance to Play section has been updated with further removals. This is due to the way the weeks have landed this month, which has also seen April 2026's PS Plus Essential announcement pushed back. The following games...
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
Guide These 6+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (30th-5th April)
South of Midnight! Legacy of Kain! Darwin's Paradox!
We're at the end of the fiscal year now, which means there aren't many new releases to look forward to this week. There are a couple of big names, though: South of Midnight is making the transition from Xbox, while Darwin's Paradox looks like an interesting endeavour from Konami. Here's...
- Guides
- PS5
- PS4
- Release Dates
- Features
News Crimson Desert Improves Image Quality on Base PS5 with Simple Upscaling
FSR 3 added to Performance Mode
Crimson Desert was not recommended on the PS5 at launch, largely due to its sub-par Performance Mode which launched without any upscaling at all. But in the game’s latest patch, Pearl Abyss has iterated upon the launch day product, adding in FSR 3 upscaling when the game is running in its 60fps format. While this...
- Pearl Abyss
- PS5
- Crimson Desert
- Patches
News Ex Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Dev Says They Were Fired and Replaced with AI
Human localisation reportedly replaced with AI
Max Hejtmánek, a former Czech-to-English translator at the Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developer Warhorse Studios, claims they were fired from the studio and their role has been replaced with AI. In a post to the game's Reddit page, it's reported Hejtmánek was called into a meeting and told his...
- Warhorse Studios
- Kingdom Come
- Industry
- AI
News Is That a The Last of Us 3 Tease in Neil Druckmann's Latest Social Post?
"The few stops that remain on the road ahead"
Naughty Dog is all-in on Intergalactic development right now, with a PS5 release seemingly planned for 2027. What will come after it is anyone's guess at this current moment, but is a third instalment in The Last of Us series one possibility? Absolutely. Previously, studio head Neil Druckmann has said...
- Sony
- The Last of Us
News Starfield PS5 Needs a Serious Chunk of Your Console Storage
Space race
If you plan on grabbing Starfield when it finally hits PS5 next week, you should know that you might need to make some room on your console's drive. Bethesda's latest RPG is a big one in terms of file size. As reported by the reliable PlayStation Game Size, it's going to eat up at least 123GB of storage space. This is roughly the same...
- Bethesda
- PS5
- Starfield
News Epic to 'Solve' Life Insurance After Terminally Ill Employee Was Laid Off
"Sorry to everyone"
This weekend, a heart-breaking story started doing the rounds about an employee laid off from Epic as part of its big round of redundancies. For those who missed the story, the Fortnite maker cut over 1,000 jobs after it revealed it was struggling. The company said it was a necessary step to help it stop “spending...
- Epic Games
- PS5
- PS4
- Fortnite
- Industry
News See More New PS5 Games from Xbox in Bumper June Showcase
Plus a Gears of War: E-Day deep dive
Microsoft has announced its annual Xbox Games Showcase, which is the company's biggest livestream of the year, will take place on Sunday, 7th June 2026. As its games increasingly become third-party efforts with a PS5 version, you can expect to see many future PlayStation titles during the broadcast. On the Xbox...
- Microsoft
- PS5
